Reid is one of the champions of the form, the UK's "king" of popping, a former dancer and choreographer with Soul II Soul. And he is about to bring his movement-based theatre to the Sydney Opera House.

On his latest single, Beware of the Boys, the American rapper busts his rhymes over East Asian rhythms called bhangra, the infectious, electronic updating of India's Punjabi folk music. <a href=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/5738656.htm target=_blank>more</a>

Hip Hop dancers Trent Brookshire, left, and Dylan Olson will teach a day-long workshop at Siskiyou Dance Company in Weed on June 20th. Hip Hop dancers Trent Brookshire and Dylan Olson will conduct an all-day workshop at Siskiyou Dance Company in Weed on June 20th from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The class will feature jazz technique warm up, jumps, turns, leaps and the latest Hip Hop moves. It is open to anyone age 10 and above. Younger dancers with at least two years of experience are also invited to participate.

Oakland hip-hop dance troupe advances to world finals Club One dancers 'did everything off the skin. By Shadi Rahimi for The Argus

OAKLAND -- It didn't matter that they didn't have the clothes, transportation or money to compete. Members of a nonprofit Oakland hip-hop dance troupe knew that if they could just make it to Los Angeles, they could win at the second annual USA Hip-Hop Crew Championships. And they did. At their first competition together, dancers in three groups led by instructors from Club One Fitness in Oakland beat 20 teams to place second in all age categories at the May championships. They will compete against 25 to 30 teams in the World Hip-Hop Championships in Miami on Aug. 2-3.

Back in the day - the 1970s and '80s, that is - select groups of urban youth battled for glory by creating the most innovative and daring dance moves they could: spinning on their heads, isolating body parts as if they were rusty robots and catapulting themselves through the air with Olympic flair. <a href=http://www.cleveland.com/artsandevents/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1059471457151032.xml target=_blank>more</a>

Hip-Hop Revisits Dance-Floor Success R&B and hip-hop acts are returning to the dance floor. By Michael Paoletta for Reuters

Led by such influential producers as the Neptunes, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Mark Ronson, R&B/hip-hop artists are scoring successes on the Billboard dance charts.

Among those expanding their audiences with new beats are Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Beyonce and Kelis.

"Musical hybrids are happening all the time," Ronson says. "Look at how many people are attempting to clone the Neptunes' progressive club sound. We're seeing more and more hip-hop artists and producers play around with funky electro grooves -- and the tempo is increasing."

Lil' Romeo will do a lil' Shakespeare on the screenIt was inevitable that rapper Lil' Romeo, as the namesake of the doomed lover, would star in a big-screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic romantic play.

This weekend, crews (teams) from all over Utah will be fighting it out with spray paint and fast feet at the third annual UNITE battle today and Saturday in Salt Lake City at the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club, 440 S. 900 East.

There is good news, however, concerning an evolving trend. That trend involves voters between the ages of 18 to 30. They are registering to vote in record numbers in major urban centers. In the past this demographic has been referred to as Generation X or Generation Y. In hip-hop culture, we refer to the 18- to 30-year-olds of today as Generation E: the Generation of Empowerment, Energy and Excellence.

The third annual UNITE, a celebration and competition of Salt Lake City's hip-hop culture, started Friday afternoon with a graffiti painting contest and culminated at 10 p.m. Saturday evening with the final break dancing competition. The Kiwanis Club Boys and Girls Club gymnasium in Salt Lake City was packed, mostly with teens and twenty-somethings, performers and spectators.

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